Mosquito-borne illnesses remain a formidable challenge threatening millions of people each year with diseases such as malaria, dengue, zika and chikungunya.
Biochemistry
Mar 18, 2024
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When organisms pass their genes on to future generations, they include more than the code spelled out in DNA. Some also pass along chemical markers that instruct cells how to use that code. The passage of these markers to ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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Scientists are learning more about the diets and groupings of little-studied Hector's dolphins at the top of the South Island.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2023
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Scientists have developed a revolutionary way to determine if animals are being illegally trafficked.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2018
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Of the 37 trillion cells in the typical human body, the ability to distinguish one type of cell from another isn't as straightforward as you may think.
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2018
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With 72 species currently identified, Espeletia is a plant genus endemic to the paramo, a moist alpine biome unique to the northern Andes. This genus, which inhabits the world's most diverse high-altitude ecosystem, is an ...
Ecology
Sep 20, 2017
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Fish species that are both economically and ecologically important in South America live mysterious lives.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2016
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Some years ago, a small recycling company asked the Center for Research in Advanced Materials (CIMAV) at Monterrey in the northeast of Mexico, a technology to identify PVC from PET, since the material caused them losses in ...
Materials Science
Apr 8, 2014
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In a series of papers to be presented next week, scientists offer new evidence that a potent chemical mechanism operating in the roots of a tropical grass used for livestock feed has enormous potential to reduce greenhouse ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2013
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Everyone knows all about the epic breeding journey taken each year by generations of monarch butterflies between Mexico and Canada, right? Not so fast, say researchers including University of Guelph biologists.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2013
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